1990 Lisbon, Portugal. Joana is a painter and drawer based in Lisbon. She completed a painting and drawing course at Ar.Co in 2010 and is currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts at the University of Lusófona of Humanities and Technologies in Lisbon. In 2017, she obtained a Postgraduate degree in Painting from the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Lisbon. Her periods of internment were accompanied by poetry books and served as a starting point for the work she develops today. She specializes in painting, drawing, and has a particular interest in calligraphy. Joana has participated in several group exhibitions, including "Não há amor, só existem provas de amor" at the Centro Cultural de Belém in Lisbon (2015), "12x12" at the Galeria Arte Graça in Lisbon (December 2019), Poster Mostra Pública Marvila, Lisbon (2020), the international Outsider Art Fair in New York (2020), and the exhibition "Incómodo" at the Municipal Museum of Faro (2020). She had her first solo exhibition titled "Em Suspenso" at the 86 Cocktail Bar in Lisbon (2019). Joana is currently a resident artist at Manicómio, the first space for creation and gallery of Outsider Art in Portugal, which supports artists who have experienced or are experiencing mental illness.